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Navajo Sand Painted Pottery
This
type of art that exists in highly developed
forms among the Navajo and Pueblo Indians of the
American Southwest and in simpler forms among
several Plains and California Indian tribes.
Although sand painting is an art form, it is
valued among the Indians primarily for religious
rather than aesthetic reasons. Its main function
is in connection with healing ceremonies.
Sand
paintings are stylized, symbolic pictures
prepared by trickling small quantities of
crushed, colored sandstone, charcoal, pollen, or
other dry materials in white, blue, yellow,
black, and red hues on a background of clean,
smoothed sand. About 600 different pictures are
known, consisting of various representations of
deities, animals, lightning, rainbows, plants,
and other symbols described in the chants that
accompany various rites. In healing, the choice
of the particular painting is left to the curer.
Upon completion of the picture, the patient sits
on the centre of the painting, and sand from the
painting is applied to parts of his body. When
the ritual is completed, the painting is
destroyed.
For
years the Indians would not allow permanent,
exact copies of sand paintings to be made. When
the designs were copied in rugs, an error was
deliberately made so that the original design
would still be powerful. Today many of the
paintings have been copied both to preserve the
art and for the record. Sand Pottery Page
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NAVAJO SAND PAINTED
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
By Junior Whiterock
Junior is a Navajo
sand painter and the
brother of John C. Whiterock, the Navajo clay artist.
Junior was awarded a 2nd place ribbon at the 2008 Santa
Fe Indian Market. His pieces feature intricate detail.
This piece features a sand painted design on a class
ornament.
Each piece is signed by the artist.
2 3/4"
Diameter
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NAVAJO SAND PAINTED
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
By Junior Whiterock
Junior is a Navajo
sand painter and the
brother of John C. Whiterock, the Navajo clay artist.
Junior was awarded a 2nd place ribbon at the 2008 Santa
Fe Indian Market. His pieces feature intricate detail.
This piece features a sand painted design on a class
ornament.
Each piece is signed by the artist.
2 3/4"
Diameter
Suggested Retail $42.00 / Your Price:
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NAVAJO SAND PAINTED
POTTERY
By Junior Whiterock
Junior is a Navajo
sand painter and the
brother of John C. Whiterock, the Navajo clay artist.
Junior was awarded a 2nd place ribbon at the 2008 Santa
Fe Indian Market. His pots feature intricate detail.
This piece is pour molded.
Each piece is signed by the artist.
1 3/4" Tall,
5
1/4" Long
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NAVAJO
HAND COILED SAND PAINTED
POTTERY
By Junior Whiterock
Junior is a Navajo
sand painter and the
brother of John C. Whiterock, the Navajo clay artist.
Junior was awarded a 2nd place ribbon at the 2008 Santa
Fe Indian Market. Junior
hand coils his pots and coats them in pine pitch
before beginning the process of applying the sand.
His pots feature intricate detail and the vase
shapes can hold water if being used as a flower
vase. Each piece is signed by the artist.
This piece features
a Wedding scene on one side and rancho motif on the
other. Traditional rug and feather designs fill the
areas between.
8
3/8" Tall, 5 1/2" Wide
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NAVAJO SAND PAINTED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
By Junior
Whiterock
Junior is a Navajo
sand painter and the brother of John C. Whiterock,
the Navajo clay artist. Junior was awarded a
2nd place ribbon at the 2008 Santa Fe Indian Market.
His pieces feature intricate detail.
This piece features a sand painted design on a class
ornament.
Each piece is signed
by the artist.
2 3/4"
Diameter
Suggested Retail $42.00 /
Your Price:
SOLD
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30 Day Money Back
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NAVAJO SAND PAINTED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
By Junior
Whiterock
Junior is a Navajo
sand painter and the brother of John C. Whiterock,
the Navajo clay artist. Junior was awarded a
2nd place ribbon at the 2008 Santa Fe Indian Market.
His pieces feature intricate detail.
This piece features a sand painted design on a class
ornament.
Each piece is signed
by the artist.
2 3/4"
Diameter
Suggested Retail $42.00 /
Your Price:
SOLD
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30 Day Money Back
Guarantee!!
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NAVAJO SAND PAINTED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
By Junior
Whiterock
Junior is a Navajo
sand painter and the brother of John C. Whiterock,
the Navajo clay artist. Junior was awarded a
2nd place ribbon at the 2008 Santa Fe Indian Market.
His pieces feature intricate detail.
This piece features a sand painted design on a class
ornament.
Each piece is signed
by the artist.
2 3/4"
Diameter
Suggested Retail $42.00 /
Your Price:
SOLD
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30 Day Money Back
Guarantee!!
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NAVAJO SAND PAINTED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
By Junior
Whiterock
Junior is a Navajo
sand painter and the brother of John C. Whiterock,
the Navajo clay artist. Junior was awarded a
2nd place ribbon at the 2008 Santa Fe Indian Market.
His pieces feature intricate detail.
This piece features a sand painted design on a class
ornament.
Each piece is signed
by the artist.
2 3/4"
Diameter
Suggested Retail $42.00 /
Your Price:
SOLD
Backed by Our
30 Day Money Back
Guarantee!!
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NAVAJO SAND PAINTED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
By Junior
Whiterock
Junior is a Navajo
sand painter and the brother of John C. Whiterock,
the Navajo clay artist. Junior was awarded a
2nd place ribbon at the 2008 Santa Fe Indian Market.
His pieces feature intricate detail.
This piece features a sand painted design on a class
ornament.
Each piece is signed
by the artist.
2 3/4"
Diameter
Suggested Retail $42.00 /
Your Price:
SOLD
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30 Day Money Back
Guarantee!!
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NAVAJO SAND PAINTED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
By Junior
Whiterock
Junior is a Navajo
sand painter and the brother of John C. Whiterock,
the Navajo clay artist. Junior was awarded a
2nd place ribbon at the 2008 Santa Fe Indian Market.
His pieces feature intricate detail.
This piece features a sand painted design on a class
ornament.
Each piece is signed
by the artist.
2 3/4"
Diameter
Suggested Retail $42.00 /
Your Price:
SOLD
Backed by Our
30 Day Money Back
Guarantee!!
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NAVAJO HAND COILED SAND PAINTED POTTERY
By Junior
Whiterock
Junior is a Navajo
sand painter and the brother of John C. Whiterock,
the Navajo clay artist. Junior was awarded a
2nd place ribbon at the 2008 Santa Fe Indian Market
(the winning pot can be seen in the bottom picture
on the right side). Junior hand coils his pots
and coats them in pine pitch before beginning the
process of applying the sand. His pots feature
intricate detail and the vase shapes can hold water
if being used as a flower vase. Each piece is
signed by the artist.
This hand coiled
piece features a Yei Dancer on one side with a Corn
Beetle Girl on the Moon design on the other.
Traditional rug and feather designs fill the areas
between.
7"
Tall, 6 1/4" Wide
Suggested Retail $450.00 /
Your Price:
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